Psychiatry as culture: Transforming childhood through ADHD (original) (raw)

2013, Krankheitskonstruktionen und Krankheitstreiberei

In the course of the twentieth century, and especially for the last three decades, medical, pharmaceutical and psychological technologies and repertoires have come to play an increasingly central role in providing explanations and ways of addressing deviant child behavior, mainly but not exclusively through the category of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and its antecedents (Conrad 1976; Rafalovich 2001). At the turn of the century, ADHD became the most common diagnosis among American children. As of 2007, 5.4 million children aged 3–17 were diagnosed with ADHD (9.5 %) in the US, significantly more than in Europe, representing a 22 % increase in four years. Rates of ADHD diagnosis increased an average of 3 % per year from 1997 to 2006, and an average of 5.5 % per year from 2003 to 2007. Boys (12 %) are more than twice as likely as girls to be diagnosed with ADHD (5 %)

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